President Donald Trump set off another round of speculation about his mental health by mixing up his father's birthplace.The 79-year-old president hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday at the White House, where he took questions about the U.S. attack on Iran and seemingly mixed up his U...
  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    seemingly mixed up his U.S.-born father, who died in 1999, with his German-born grandfather, who died decades before Trump’s birth.

    “My father was born – he knows all about my father – my father was born there,” Trump said. “These are places you automatically feel warmly about.”

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Saying confidently wrong things based on feelings. Yep, that’s Trump all right.

      I’m not surprised that feelings elicited a memory for him, but he lost track of the exact details. It’s absolutely in line with dementia. When I worked with dementia patients, a lot of them liked me, and when they saw me they felt better. But they didn’t remember who I was exactly, or what my relation to them was. I was often mistaken for a granddaughter, not because I resembled their grandkids, but because they felt warmly toward me.

      The only thing is, Trump has always acted based on feelings. As a spoiled nepo baby, things have always worked out for him, so I doubt he ever developed a strong mind in the first place. The patients I worked with used to be sharp, and dementia made a marked difference in their decision-making. Trump’s still Trump, just more unhinged (somehow.)